Nigeria

English

Etymology

From Niger + -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪə.ɹɪə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɪɹ.i.ə/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒiː.ɹi.ə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧ge‧ria
  • Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos.

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniɡeriɑ/, [ˈniɡe̞ˌriɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ni‧ge‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Nigeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Nigeria
genitive Nigerian
partitive Nigeriaa
illative Nigeriaan
singular plural
nominative Nigeria
accusative nom. Nigeria
gen. Nigerian
genitive Nigerian
partitive Nigeriaa
inessive Nigeriassa
elative Nigeriasta
illative Nigeriaan
adessive Nigerialla
ablative Nigerialta
allative Nigerialle
essive Nigeriana
translative Nigeriaksi
instructive
abessive Nigeriatta
comitative
Possessive forms of Nigeria (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person Nigeriani Nigeriamme
2nd person Nigeriasi Nigerianne
3rd person Nigeriansa

Derived terms


French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.ʒɛ.ʁja/, /ni.ʒe.ʁja/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria m

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)
    Synonym: République fédérale du Nigeria

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈɡeːʁia/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria n (proper noun, genitive Nigerias or (optionally with an article) Nigeria)

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)
    Synonym: Bundesrepubik Nigeria

Derived terms

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒɛ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Hyphenation: Ni‧gè‧ria

Proper noun

Nigeria f

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

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Latin

Proper noun

Nigēria f sg (genitive Nigēriae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nigēria
Genitive Nigēriae
Dative Nigēriae
Accusative Nigēriam
Ablative Nigēriā
Vocative Nigēria

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲiˈɡɛ.rja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

Nigeria f

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • Nigeryjczyk
  • Nigeryjka

Further reading

  • Nigeria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Nigeria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈxeɾja/ [niˈxe.ɾja]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾja
  • Syllabification: Ni‧ge‧ria

Proper noun

Nigeria f

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

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Swahili

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Nigeria

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

See also


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪˈɡeːrɪa/

Proper noun

Nigeria n (genitive Nigerias)

  1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa)
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